Emily Austin is 25 years old, hosts her own sports show, judged Miss Universe, and after October 7th she says she lost nearly every brand deal she had. On this episode of the Sage Steele Show she tells me what happened the day after the attack, why she thinks the adults are the problem and not her generation, what Bobby Kennedy Jr. told her over dinner about who knew about the Holocaust, and what her grandfather learned in Bulgaria about his own neighbor.

She also gets into the campus panel where protesters pulled keffiyehs and drums out of their backpacks, the six hours she spent handing them the microphone, why she argues against a two state solution, what Zionism actually means to her, and the Saudi man who hated Jews and is now one of her closest friends.

Then the conversation turns to work. Emily explains why Miss Universe, Puma, and Sports Illustrated all stopped calling, what a network executive told her agent about how she voted, what the networks quietly edit out of postgame interviews, and why she thinks men in sports media stayed silent. She closes with the story of her mother's ultimatum, the night Jim Gray showed her a pile of a hundred rejection letters, and the one yes that started her career.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

02:24 - Meet Emily Austin

02:50 - October 7th & The Moment Everything Changed

11:16 - Gen Z, College Campuses & The Rise of Antisemitism

21:55 - Why Emily Refuses to Be Afraid to Speak Up

28:20 - Why Emily Is Worried About Gen Z

30:40 - Education, Indoctrination & Where Values Really Come From

36:54 - Motherhood, Discipline & Raising Kids in Today's Culture

43:26 - Gender Ideology, Schools & Parental Responsibility

48:48 - Empathy vs. Accountability

52:18 - Israel, Zionism & When Criticism Becomes Antisemitism

57:16 - Influencers, Charlie Kirk & Why Real Conversations Matter

01:01:07 - Would Emily Austin Ever Run for Office?

01:02:35 - How Emily Got Access to Trump, Rubio & Other Political Leaders

01:06:28 - Private Conversations With World Leaders & The Future of Gaza

01:11:12 - Has Speaking Out Hurt Emily's Sports Broadcasting Career?

01:17:28 - Women's Sports & Why So Many Athletes Stay Silent

01:28:01 - Billie Eilish, ICE & Celebrity Hypocrisy

01:35:18 - Social Media, Celebrity Obsession & Bad Parenting

01:40:21 - How Faith Guides Emily's Life

01:44:21 - Pretty Privilege, Rejection & Breaking Into Sports Media

01:47:25 - The Jim Gray Conversation That Changed Emily's Career

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Bruce Pearl joins Sage Steele for ninety minutes on the fall almost nobody remembers correctly. In 2011 he was fired at Tennessee after admitting he lied to the NCAA. He lost an $11 million contract, went through a divorce, and took a job putting product into convenience stores while doing overnight radio. He tells Sage what his daughter Leah said to him during that stretch, and why he says it meant more than any championship.

He also tells the story of how Auburn happened, including the trick his wife played on him the night before the interview that changed everything. Eleven years later he retired as the winningest coach in Auburn basketball history and handed the program to his own son.

The second half goes wider. Bruce Pearl on why he believes coaches and administrators, himself included, blew the NIL era, and what a $4 million roster becoming a $30 million roster does to college sports. On growing up Jewish in 1960s Boston, the grandfather who refused to evict his tenants, and why black recruits and their families kept saying yes to him. And on why he walked away from coaching to speak publicly about Israel, faith, and the country he wants his grandchildren to inherit.

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Sage Steele sits down with fitness icon Jillian Michaels for a wide-ranging conversation that starts where her career began: health and fitness. Jillian explains why the explosion of online fitness advice has made it harder, not easier, to know what actually works, and gives her honest, nuanced take on the rise of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and why she only cautiously recommends them to close friends under very specific circumstances. She breaks down practical, affordable grocery guidance using the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen lists, and shares the personal story behind her own transformation, from a childhood shaped by her parents' divorce and food as a coping mechanism, to her mother enrolling her in martial arts at 12, the decision that changed the course of her life. Jillian and Sage also touch on how public conversations have grown more difficult and personal in recent years. A candid conversation about health, resilience, and speaking your mind on The Sage Steele Show. New episodes every week. The views expressed are the guest's own.

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